• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Spontaneous tension pneumothorax as a complication of Coronavirus disease 2019: Case report and literature review
  • Contributor: Ata, Fateen; Yousaf, Zohaib; Farsakoury, Rana; Khan, Adeel Ahmad; Arshad, Abdullah; Omran, Maya; Ananthegowda, Dore Chikkahanasoge; Khatib, Mohamad; Chughtai, Talat Saeed
  • Published: Wiley, 2022
  • Published in: Clinical Case Reports, 10 (2022) 5
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.5852
  • ISSN: 2050-0904
  • Keywords: General Medicine
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  • Description: AbstractPrimary spontaneous tension pneumothorax (STP) is a rare and life‐threatening condition. We report a case of COVID‐19‐pneumonia patient who developed STP as a complication. He had a prolonged hospital stay and was ultimately discharged asymptomatic. A systematic literature search was performed to review studies (N=12) reporting STP in the setting of COVID‐19.
  • Access State: Open Access